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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Schumann: Piano Music
“the impression of unmatchable strength and vision” Penguin Guide *** | 
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| |  | Richter plays Beethoven & Schumann
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| |  | Andrea Kauten plays Schumann
Swiss pianist Andrea Kauten’s second recording for Sony Classical is of works by Schumann, whose bicentenary will be celebrated in 2010. It includes the Sonata No.3 which Schumann wrote for his wife, Clara. “…Kauten leaves you in no doubt of her commitment and intensity. Kauten completes her recital with the first two of the Novelletten, finding all of the troubled ecstasy at the heart of the No 2 and playing with an emotionalism very much her own.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2009 “Rich-toned and generous with rubato, hers is almost an old-fashioned approach, but the finesse with which she meets all the technical and music challenges in the sometimes awkward F minor Sonata suggests a keenly incisive mind behind it.” The Guardian, 25th September 2009 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Harold Bauer plays Chopin & Schumann
Chopin: | Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49 Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2 Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' Mazurka No. 23 in D major, Op. 33 No. 2 Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 Trois Nouvelles Études: Étude in A flat major Trois Nouvelles Études: Étude in F minor Waltz No. 4 in F major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 3 Polonaise No. 1 in C sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1 | Schumann: | Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Traümerei Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Kuriose Geschichte Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Hasche-Mann Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Bittendes Kind Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Gluckes genug Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Wichtige Begebenheit Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Am Camin Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Ritter vom Steckenpferd Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Kind im Einschlummern Novelette, Op. 21 No. 1 in F major Novelette, Op. 21 No. 2 in D major |
Piano roll ('Reproducing Piano') recordings from the early 20th century, replayed on a modern Steinway Concert Grand. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Sviatoslav Richter In Moscow
This collection is now available again and at a budget price. Included are Schubert’s Piano Sonatas Nos 16 and 17, as well as Schumann’s 3 Novelletten Op.21, Fantasiestücke Op.12, Humoreske in B flat major Op.20. These recordings were made from 1956-1960. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Sviatoslav Richter Archives, Volume 17
Budapest Recital August 27, 1967 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Chopin: Preludes Op. 28and works by Schumann
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| |  | Sviatoslav Richter Archives, Volume 7
Schumann: | Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 Live performance, Moscow, December 31, 1985, First release ever! with the Borodin String Quartet Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 Live performance, Budapest, June 12, 1980, First release ever! Novelette, Op. 21 No. 1 in F major Live performance, Dubrovnik, August 15, 1967 Novelette, Op. 21 No. 2 in D major Live performance, Dubrovnik, August 15, 1967 | Schumann, Clara: | Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen, Op. 12 No. 2 (Text: Friedrich Rückert) Moscow, 1950, First time on CD! with Nina Dorliac (soprano) Mit Myrten und Rosen, Op. 24, No. 9 Live performance, Bucharest, 1948, First time on CD! with Nina Dorliac (soprano) |
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| |  | Harold Bauer - The Complete recordings
Bach, J S: | Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben': Jesu, bleibet meine Freude arranged Bauer Prelude & Fugue Book 1 No. 3 in C sharp minor, BWV848 | Bauer, H: | Tunes from the 18th Century: Barberini’s Minuet, Motley & Flourish | Beethoven: | Gavotte in F arranged Bauer Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight' Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata' | Brahms: | Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 No. 2 Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5 | Chopin: | Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29 Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 | Couperin, F: | Pièces de clavecin III: Ordre 14ème in D major: Le Carillon de Cithère | Debussy: | Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) | Durand, M A: | Première Valse Op. 83 | Gluck: | Caprice sur les Airs de Ballet d’Alceste arranged Saint-Saëns | Grieg: | Album Leaf, Op. 28 No. 3 in A major The 1929 Victor & 1939 Schirmer Recordings Norwegian Bridal Procession, Op. 19, No. 2 Album Leaf, EG109 Album Leaf, Op. 28 No. 3 in A major The 1935 HMV & 1942 Victor Recordings Album Leaf, Op. 28 No. 1 in A flat major Lyric Pieces Op. 43: No. 1 - Butterfly Lyric Pieces Op. 43: No. 6 - To Spring Notturno from Lyric Suite, Op. 54 Valse-Impromptu, Op. 47 No. 1 Humoresques, Op. 6, No. 3 Berceuse in G major, Op. 38 No. 1 | Handel: | Keyboard Suite, HWV 430 in E major 'The Harmonious Blacksmith': Air & Variations | Liszt: | Un Sospiro from 3 Concert Studies, S144 No. 3 Un Sospiro from 3 Concert Studies, S144 No. 3 The 1935 HMV & 1942 Victor Recordings Waldesrauschen, S145 No. 1 | Mendelssohn: | Charakterstück in A major Op. 7/4 | Rubinstein: | Kamennoi-Ostrov Op. 10 No. 22 'Rêve Angélique' | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K113 in A major | Schubert: | Impromptu in A flat major, D899 No. 4 Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor | Schumann: | Fantasiestücke Op. 12/5 ‘In der Nacht’ The 1924-1928 Victor Recordings Novelette, Op. 21 No. 2 in D major Fantasiestücke, Op. 12 The 1935 HMV & 1942 Victor Recordings Fantasiestücke Op. 12/5 ‘In der Nacht’ The 1935 HMV & 1942 Victor Recordings Novelette, Op. 21 No. 2 in D major The 1935 HMV & 1942 Victor Recordings | Schütt: | À la bien-aimée, Valse Op. 59/2 |
English born pianist Harold Bauer originally hoped to make his career as violinist but his piano playing so impressed Paderewski that he subsequntly focussed on that instrument. He had huge success in the USA and as a result became a US citizen in 1917. Bauer was not a crowd-pleasing virtuoso firebrand but rather a true musician; there is always a wonderful poetry to his art and he excelled in miniatures, such as the Grieg presented here, though his legendary recording of the Brahms F minor sonata (still a benchmark) shows he had the requisite virtuosity when needed. These new transfers by Ward Marston are the only ones currently available of Bauer’s legacy. “A treasure-trove that should revive interest in this too-neglected master pianist. From Couperin through Brahms to his own transcriptions, Bauer is mercurial, fiery, a glory.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2009 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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